A rare case of brainstem encephalitis by Listeria monocytogenes with isolated mesencephalic localization. Case report and review

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-123

  Reynaud, Laura ^a   Graf, Maria ^a   Gentile, Ivan ^a   Cerini, Raimondo ^a   Ciampi, Rocco ^a   Noce, Salvatore ^a   Gentile, Fabrizio ^b   Borrelli, Francesco ^a   Viola, Chiara ^a   Briganti, Francesco ^a   Borgia, Guglielmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brainstem encephalitis; Listeria monocytogenes; Mesenrhombencephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; HYPESTHESIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LITERATURE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

BRAIN STEM; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34247892440     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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